Proceeding contribution from Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 November 2005. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Local and Regional Government.
Local and Regional Government
: Let me reinforce my hon. Friend's point. Does he agree that the English regions of which the Government seem so enamoured are extraordinarily large? My region, the south-east, has more than 8 million people and is covered by 83 Westminster constituencies. Every English region apart from one—the north-east—is larger than the Republic of Ireland. Therefore, we should consider much more substantial decentralisation than merely to the regional level on which the Government are so keen.
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- 2005-06
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- Devolution Local government Local government services Regional planning and development Regional government
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